Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Working With Reporters, Part 2

Working With Reporters. Part 2

For the previous assignment, you were designated as either reporter or editor.  For Part 2, you will switch roles and have new partners (see below).

This time, rather than taking a national/international story and giving it a local angle, you will flip the assignment somewhat.  You will work together to develop a story idea based on a local topic that you collectively believe deserves more attention outside our area.  The local topic can be specific to SJSU, to San Jose or to the South Bay region. 

For this assignment, you are to write a main story and a sidebar story, as discussed in class.  The story and sidebar will require a minimum of four interviews and 1000 total words across the two pieces. The main story should be longer and more general, and the sidebar shorter and more specific.  

You will meet in your assigned groups for the rest of the class period, then present your story ideas next time.  The story will be due a week from Monday.  

I will remain on the Zoom call while you work today, in case you have questions. 

Groups for exercise:

Group No.	Role	Name
1	Editor	Samantha Dietz
	Reporter	Ricardo Garcia
2	Editor	Travis Wynn
	Reporter	Jacqueline Vela
3	Editor	Jonathan Guzman
	Reporter	Derrick Ow
4	Editor	Allison Kruse
	Reporter	Gio Gaxiola
5	Editor	Chris Nguyen
	Reporter	Jonathon Schaffer
6	Editor	Madi Medina
	Reporter	Julia Coty
7	Editor	Aidan Bostic
	Reporter	Jennifer Schildge
8	Editor	Allison Kruse
	Reporter	Evan Reinhardt